Wagon-bed.



J. L. SWEENEY.

WAGON BED.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 11, 1911.

1,0745535, Patented Sept. 30, 1913.

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J. L. SWEENEY. WAGON BED. APPLIOAT IQN FILED NOV. 11, 1911.

1,074,535, Patented Sept. 30,1913.

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. JosEPHUs L. SWEENEY; or FRANKLIN, TENNESSEE.

WAGON-BED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented sepeeo, 1913.

Application filed November 11, 1911. Serial no. esases.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Josnrrrus L. SWVEENEY,

a resident of the United States, residing at Franklin, county ofWilliamson, State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Wagon-Beds, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in wagon bodies and has for itsobject the provision of a body having side and rear extensions wherebyit is adapted to be used for handling different commodities.

The novel features of the invention will be apparent from the followingdescription taken in connection with the drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the front and one side of myinvention; Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the interior arrangementwhen the extensions are in their open position; Fig. 3 is a longitudinalsection; Fig. 4: is a transverse section on the line 4 4. of Fig. 3;Fig. 5 is a detail view of a connection between a front board and thebottom of the body.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that the invent-ion comprisesside sills 10 and 11, to which are secured cross-bars 12,

the latter forming the supports for the floor 13. Stirrups 14: arearranged on the inner sides of the sills 10 and 11 at the front endsthereof and receive the uprights 15 and 16 of the front board 17. Theuprights 15 and 16 are connected at their tops by the crossbar 18. Thesides of the body consist of uprights 19 to which are secured thelongitudinally extending slats 20. The uprights 19 are provided with thehinge members 21 which engage eyes 22 on the sills 10 and 11. It will beobserved that the hinge members 21 are so formed at their lower endsasto be readily removable from the eyes 22.

At the rear of the bed an extension 23 is hinged thereto and adapted tobe held in open position by means of the rods 21 which have one end inengagement with the rings 25, secured to the extension 23, the oppositeends of these rods being bent to form books which engage suitable eyes26 secured to the upper rear corner of the side extensions. Each of theside extensions is also provided with an eye 27 arranged forwardly ofthe eyes 26 and adapted to receive the end of therods 24 when theextension 23 is in the upright or closed position. In moving theextension 23 from the position shown in Fig. 3 to the upright position,the rods 24: will slide through the eyes 26 and be hooked into the eyes27, thereby securely locking the sides and rear in their closedposition.

' At the forward ends of the side extension are eyes 28 to which areconnected the chains 29 which support the side extensions from the frontboard as clearly shown in Fig. 2. Suitable chains 30 may be provided atthe middle of the side extensions and secured together by any suitableconnection 31 for the purpose of supporting the sides in their openposition. At the rear the sides are supported in their open position bymeans of chains 32 which have one end connected with the eyes 26 andtheir opposite ends connected with the rings 33 secured to the sills 10and 11. As thus constructed it will be seen from Fig. 2 that theextensions are securely supported in their open position and may bereadily moved into their upright position and securely held by means ofthe chains and the rods 24. The extensions may also be readily removedby disconnecting the chains and the hinges which hold them together. Therear extension may be supported in the open position when the sides areeither closed or open and the rods 2 1 will, for all positions, liesubstantially in the planes of the side extensions whereby the pull ofthe rods will be transmitted directly to the hinges and there will bepractically no tendency to swing the side extensions either above orbelow the'positions in which they are held. When the extensions are intheir closed positions the rods 2 L engage the eyes 27 and securely lockthe extensions together.

When it is desired to use the wagon bed for carrying live stock theextensions will be in their closed position and a suitable cover may beprovided.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

In a wagon body, the combination of side and rear extensions havingreadily detachable hinged connections therewith, a readily of the sideextensions on the inner sides thereof, said rods having hooks on theirforward ends adapted to engage said eyes to support the rear extensionfrom the side ex- 5 tension, and other eyes on the side extensionsforwardly of the first-mentioned eyes and adapted to be engaged by saidhooks to secure the side and rear extensions together in closedposition, said parts being so con- 10 structed and arranged that saidrods for the open and closed posit-ions of the side and rear extensionslie substantially in the planes of the side extensions.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.V

JOSEPHUS L. SWEENEY.

Witnesses: V

MATHEW A. SWEENEY, JAMES M. HARRISON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

